First We Take Manhattan

Gen-u-ine libertarian John Tierney will be taking the spot on the New York Times op-ed page recently vacated by sporadically libertarian-ish conservative William Safire. Sweet.

Comments

[Gary Gunnels]

...then we take Berlin!!!

[Adam]

hey maybe i'll read a NYT again after all

[Jason Ligon]

It's a start, but I'd like to have more influence on the front page content. Even bringing back to 'neutral' would be a monumental achievement.

[Franklin Harris]

Hell, it's been years since Safire was even "sporadically libertarian-ish."

[Pavel]

He looks creepily familiar.

Did Kirk Douglas illicitly sow his seed somewhere around County Cork back in the day?

[Anon]

Tierney's a good choice -- not a conservative replacement, but an interesting writer from a relatively under-represented point of view. By all accounts Tierney was the front-runner for the job, so I'm not surprised, but I am glad to see that he intends to base his columns on some firsthand reporting -- both because his reporting work has been quite good and entertaining, and also because there's a sore lack of real reporter-editorialists these days.

Anon

[Marie]

Ah yes, the position for which my father (unsuccessfully) recommended me via email to the Times. Not that he lacks objectivity or anything. Sorry, Dad! Better luck next time.

[Stevo Darkly]

He looks creepily familiar.

I was thinking Patrick Macnee, who played John Steed on the old Avengers series.

[fyodor]

I'm with you there Stevo, separated at birth for sure!!

[Rick Barton]

Improvement for sure.

[smacky]

Nice Leonard Cohen reference....keep those song-lyrics-for-column-titles headers comin'.

[Jim Walsh]

At last, the Old Gray Lady is good for something besides its crossword puzzles.